July 19th, 2008

After hiking halfway up Mt. Meeker (13,911ft), we stopped on a rocky ridge and decided to take in the scenery. As we relaxed, I told Allison that we were at a special place because this spot overlooks the stone church that we both love so much. When I turned to her and asked if she'd really want to get married there, she said, "Well, it'd be cool". Then I kinda asked her jokingly, well who would you marry? She looked at me like I was a little nuts, and she responded "I don't know... you?". So that's when I pulled out the ring, and I asked her to marry me. I don't think she could have been more surprised. She kept saying "Are you serious?" over and over again. After realizing I was serious and calming down a bit, she said yes. Her response wasn't the quickest, but I definitely realize that I had a heck of a lot more time to think about this than she did. The first picture below was taken from where I proposed, the second, third, and fourth are of her ring, and the last one is of the church where we hope to get married.